The Stoic Concept of Non-Attachment

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Stoicism is an idea of training our desires and inversions like I know last time we spoke you talk about anger being the royal road to self-improvement which I love that idea. In my own experience and observation it's like a close cousin almost to anger sometimes can be these desires and inversion whether it’s like a desire to maintain your reputation as you were talking about or a desire to know. These little things are tricky to even spot and become aware of. It reminds me of the Buddhist concept of non-attachment like Nishi if I remember rightly admired the Buddhists because he thought he thought there were one of the few philosophies that made the problem of desire

In this episode, I chat with J.W. Bertolotti host of the In Search of Wisdom podcast, and founder of the Perennial Leader Project. Josh was one of the speakers at our Stoicon-x Military event a few years ago. We’re both very active on Substack now, Josh at Perennial Meditations so I thought it would be a great opportunity to reconnect and chat about philosophy as a guide to life.

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* How Joshua got into philosophy

* His journey as a podcaster speaking to people about the nature of wisdom

* Stoicism and other philosophies

* Desire and attachment in philosophy

* Conceit, and skepticism as a way of life

* How the Delphic maxims can teach us about philosophy

Links

* Perennial Meditations Newsletter on Substack

* In Search of Wisdom Podcast @in sear on Substack and on Spotify

* Perennial Meditations Podcast

* @JWBertolotti on Twitter